Chapter I: Preface: I.--Historical Sketch 1

II.--WHAT IS A LIBRARY SERVICE? 32

III.--LIBRARY EXTENSION 96

IV.--RURAL LIBRARIES 135

V.--A NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE 169

VI.--TRAINING IN LIBRARIANSHIP 211

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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LAMBETH PALACE LIBRARY 12

CENTRAL PUBLIC LIBRARY, NOTTINGHAM 22

READING ROOM OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM 44

GUILDHALL LIBRARY 52

READING ROOM, STEPNEY PUBLIC LIBRARY 56

PATENT OFFICE LIBRARY 74

LIBRARY OF THE INSTITUTE OF ACTUARIES, STAPLE INN HALL 90

LIBRARY OF THE SOUTH-EASTERN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, WYE 162

READING ROOM OF THE GENERAL LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON 178

THE ORATORY LIBRARY 200

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GENERAL LIBRARY 214

READING ROOM OF THE GOLDSMITHS’ LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON 226